In the Spirit of a New People : : The Cultural Politics of the Chicano Movement / / Randy J. Ontiveros.
Reexamining the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, In the Spirit of a New People brings to light new insights about social activism in the twentieth-century and new lessons for progressive politics in the twenty-first. Randy J. Ontiveros explores the ways in which Chicano/a artist...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | American Literatures Initiative ;
6 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 9 black and white illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Art and History of the Chicano Movement -- 1. Antennas and Mimeograph Machines: Postwar Mass Media and the Chicano/a Street Press -- 2. Green Aztlán: Environmentalism and the Chicano/a Visual Arts -- 3. Immigrant Actos: Citizenship and Performance in El Teatro Campesino -- 4. After Words: Sandra Cisneros’s Caramelo and the Evolution of Chicano/a Cultural Politics -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
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Summary: | Reexamining the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, In the Spirit of a New People brings to light new insights about social activism in the twentieth-century and new lessons for progressive politics in the twenty-first. Randy J. Ontiveros explores the ways in which Chicano/a artists and activists used fiction, poetry, visual arts, theater, and other expressive forms to forge a common purpose and to challenge inequality in America.Focusing on cultural politics, Ontiveros reveals neglected stories about the Chicano movement and its impact: how writers used the street press to push back against the network news; how visual artists such as Santa Barraza used painting, installations, and mixed media to challenge racism in mainstream environmentalism; how El Teatro Campesino’s innovative “actos,” or short skits,sought to embody new, more inclusive forms of citizenship; and how Sandra Cisneros and other Chicana novelists broadened the narrative of the Chicano movement. In the Spirit of a New People articulates a fresh understanding of how the Chicano movement contributed to the social and political currents of postwar America, and how the movement remains meaningful today. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780814738887 9783110706444 |
DOI: | 10.18574/nyu/9780814738849.001.0001 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Randy J. Ontiveros. |